Posts by waton

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World's oldest person Emma Morano dies at 117

by jp1692 in

the world's oldest person has died in italy at the age of 117, reports say.. emma morano was born on 29 november 1899 in the piedmont region of italy.

she was officially the last person born in the 1800s still living.. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39610937.

waton

Loch Ness Monster --- comment: and Methuselah, that's why it is wise to have a culture that keeps accurate records, and celebrates birthdays, Those candles actually would mark time to failed wt prophecies. " Millions now living will never die" Emma was 18 when that was the wt slogan worldwide, for years.

To put her accomplishment in perspective, if you are a normal healthy senior, in your late 80s, you would have to live another 30 years in good care, with good finances (perhaps not with alot of big sudden money). Have a loving family. There was news, just across the Alps that a crowbar was used by a grandson to get at his grandfather's inheritance money, and not to pry open a treasure chest either.

Thanks to all her caregivers in her behalf.

PS: wish we had a couple of millions of these Emmas and Jeannes around, then that 1918 wt prophecy would come true, and true without wt going into the overlapping mode.

These 2 ladies probably partook of the Emblems bsw. at least the bread.

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World's oldest person Emma Morano dies at 117

by jp1692 in

the world's oldest person has died in italy at the age of 117, reports say.. emma morano was born on 29 november 1899 in the piedmont region of italy.

she was officially the last person born in the 1800s still living.. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39610937.

waton

that is an amazing achievement, even for the care takers. There must be something to being a lady, live in that latitude, (the french record holder lived in the general region too) The genetic make up of the southern Europeans. wish I could live that long too.

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When did the Iron Age start according to the Bible? You'll be surprised!

by Crazyguy in

read this over at reddit so the credit goes to the person over there but in genesis 4:22 it's say one of the offspring of adam knew how to work with iron roughly 130 years after the creation of man.

now historians and scientists say man didn't figure out how to use iron until about 1100 bc, man we're we wrong!

it's also interesting that cain is building a city when there like 10 people on the planet and nimrod goes on to build the tower of babel only about 100 year after the flood.

waton

Adam knew how to make fire...

HTBWC: "God looked with favor on Abel's sacrifices of fatty carrion". fat implies easy combustion, given later bible examples, so the look of Jah might imply self-combustion, and a source of fire like lightning strikes, volcanism, catching a match from the flaming swords, and Prometheus lurking in the background.

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Memorial Bread-Break a piece off or eat whole?

by TakeOffTheCrown in

question for some of the old-timers in the congregation.

did those who professed to be of the anointed and partook of the bread, did they break off a piece of the bread and then eat it; or did they take the whole piece and eat it?

waton

never realized that parrots could partake. Who am I to judge them?

NN: there is a true story of a chicken or rooster in an open window style kh (there they are really wind-holes. ) snatching the bread from the plate, and proceeding to partake. it suffered capital punishment for the disrespect, and was eaten as a passover dinner.

Jws are ever ready to judge. going for the jugular

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0) did God (the father) or its atheistic equivalent have a prehuman/preBigBang existence? and other TMELY questions.

by prologos in

if you like to think of the big question and can imagine to remove one of the 3 similar space dimensions to put in time as a substitute, a picture should emerge that you can work with.

1)working into the past from the big bang creation or random event, (like in "100 abb" or "-100 bb"} , as an atheist, was there a start- up vaccuum oscillation, the casimir effect gone viral,or similar random event , or.

21) so, better keep moving!

waton

Brokeback Watchtower. got tired trying to watch all that grandstanding, what was the gist of the comments? in your own words?

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Single Sisters Over A Certain Age Group Getting A Bad Rap

by HiddlesWife in

i'm new here; one of my relatives was a member on this forum a few years ago and told me about it.

anyways, as a sister who has been in the org since childhood and now in her late 40's (plus as a woman of color), i have noticed that a number of brothers have an ageist attitude.

they are very accepting of young women under 26 and rejecting women over that age, particularly those in their 30's and over.. is this an unspoken mindset from wthq (specifically from bethel), or is it that quite a number of males (sorry, i'm not sexist here) have this type of mentality?

waton

Only in the Kingdom Hall do they imagine they have "power".🙄 In the world when a man has $$$ of course women will want them...She will overlook how unattractive he is.

LHG: yeah, that explains while they close their eyes when kissing and turn out the light.

being married to a person you loath must be a hard way to earn your money/keep.

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Single Sisters Over A Certain Age Group Getting A Bad Rap

by HiddlesWife in

i'm new here; one of my relatives was a member on this forum a few years ago and told me about it.

anyways, as a sister who has been in the org since childhood and now in her late 40's (plus as a woman of color), i have noticed that a number of brothers have an ageist attitude.

they are very accepting of young women under 26 and rejecting women over that age, particularly those in their 30's and over.. is this an unspoken mindset from wthq (specifically from bethel), or is it that quite a number of males (sorry, i'm not sexist here) have this type of mentality?

waton

perhaps many a husband would be upset if they thought that the hour long procedure of their wife to get ready for the meeting is a ritual to become attractive to the males there. and one study showed that ladies, when having to make a snap decision will pick the rugged unkempt speciman over the well groomed.

There are many unattached attractive and intelligent elderly sisters here, giving glasses to the remaining single brothers is not going enhance their chances.

TD: heights? never was afraid of it, vertical beings welcome.

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Disfellowshipping decision to go before Canadian Supreme Court

by Simon in

high court will examine whether judicial review applies to membership decisions made by religious groups.

the supreme court of canada has agreed to hear an appeal involving a calgary man who was kicked out of his jehovah's witness church.. randy wall, a real estate agent was "disfellowshipped" from the highwood congregation for being drunk on two occasions and allegedly verbally abusing his wife.. as a result, he says his clients refused to do further business with him, so he argued his property and civil rights were affected.. after losing three internal church appeals of his expulsion, wall made an application with the court of queen's bench in calgary which ordered a hearing to first determine if there was jurisdiction for the court to hear the application.. decisions and appeals.

a judge decided the superior court did have jurisdiction to hear the application.. the church then appealed wall's decision to the alberta court of appeal, which upheld the court of queen's bench, affirming the court has jurisdiction to hear the matter.. one of the three appeal court judges dissented — arguing that congregations are private organizations akin to bridge clubs, whose decisions "are not enforceable promises and have limited, if any, impact outside its small circle.".

waton

It is very telling what Jayden MacEwan, the lawyer

jp 692: If Jaydon M. is a well born/bred-in Jw, such a wt directed question might not even occur to him as being justified. is he?

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When did the Iron Age start according to the Bible? You'll be surprised!

by Crazyguy in

read this over at reddit so the credit goes to the person over there but in genesis 4:22 it's say one of the offspring of adam knew how to work with iron roughly 130 years after the creation of man.

now historians and scientists say man didn't figure out how to use iron until about 1100 bc, man we're we wrong!

it's also interesting that cain is building a city when there like 10 people on the planet and nimrod goes on to build the tower of babel only about 100 year after the flood.

waton

My grandad recently died. He was 95 years old. He was around before Lindbergh flew the Atlantic

Landy: The Airplanes he saw, Lilienthal, Wright, Lindbergh, Ford tri-motor, Mosquito, Spruce goose, were much like the ark, made from wood. mostly.

Glad your granddad saw a lot, hope a life well lived.

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When did the Iron Age start according to the Bible? You'll be surprised!

by Crazyguy in

read this over at reddit so the credit goes to the person over there but in genesis 4:22 it's say one of the offspring of adam knew how to work with iron roughly 130 years after the creation of man.

now historians and scientists say man didn't figure out how to use iron until about 1100 bc, man we're we wrong!

it's also interesting that cain is building a city when there like 10 people on the planet and nimrod goes on to build the tower of babel only about 100 year after the flood.

waton

Hoser, That tree grows high in the mountain, so, perhaps water covered Everest only for a few minutes, long enough to drown the last hanger-ons, and then dropped rapidly, leaving the tree, and other methuselah offspring well watered. killed the talking snakes though.